Winter Wonderland is a cardmaking game based on Phineas and Ferb, developed by Curious Media for the Disney website on November 29, 2010.
Gameplay[]
Phineas and Ferb can be instructed to perform fifteen different actions inspired by traditional holiday activities, all indexed within a special tab on the top right. Visitors are able to direct the gestures using either a connected microphone or keyboard inputs; the former requires pressing and holding the speaker switch on the low corner to orally communicate the coveted motions, while the latter involves typing the wanted maneuvers on the blank field. Upon receiving orders, the boys initialize the respective amusing animations, which may be printed as an e-card to share with friends and family.
Commands[]
Note: List of commands recovered through a Boardmaker panel.[1]
| Command | Inspiration |
|---|---|
| Decorate the Tree | Ornamenting Christmas trees |
| Eat Snowflakes | Ingesting dropping snowflakes |
| Do Karate | Karate acrobacies |
| Give Presents | Mutual gift-giving |
| Jump | Leaping in the snow |
| Laugh | Entertaining fun in the winter |
| Make a Snowman | Building a snow sculpture |
| Sing | Performing Christmas carols |
| Make a Snow Angel | Designing an angel in fresh snow |
| Stick Out Tongue | Tonguing to feel snowflakes |
| Throw Snowballs | Snowball fighting |
| Wave Hello | Holiday salutations |
| Hold Hands | Christmas companionship |
| Shovel | Removing snow from the floor |
| Where's Perry? | Wondering a platypus' whereabouts |
Background Information[]
- Although simplified in the homepage as Winter Wonderland, the full title of the application is Winter Wonderland – At Your Command!.
- Accompanying the pastime, a seasonal music player themed around the show was included in the original website to enhance the chilly mood. Song snippets featured in it were "I Really Don't Hate Christmas", "Run Rudolph Run", "Gitchee Gitchee Goo", "Perry the Platypus", and "Phinedroids and Ferbots", the last three of which coming from the sound box in Summer Vacation Summerizer.[2]
- Synonyms related to the operations seem to be allowed for an array of complementary choices deemed probable to be picked up by kids, such as Snowball Fight in place of Throw Snowballs.
- Four nods to the series are present in the command options, with the three deeds of raising a snowman, forming a snow angel, and shoveling snow off the ground directly referencing the first winter theme and the Where's Perry? daze alluding to the eponymous catchphrase.
- Default webcam transmitters function correctly for the sound registering process, as well as external speakers wired to the computer.[3]
- In spite of it not being stipulated, the vocal recognition system built in the activity is geared towards hearing higher-pitched tones akin to children's speeches, constraining older users into raising their voice to successfully work out the audio program.[3]
